Storm-sash fastener



May 20, 1924. 1,494,512

' P. STEINER STORM SASH FASTENEH Filed April 14 1922:

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Application filed April 14,1922. Serial No.552,520.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER STEINER, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, of the town of Griswold, in the Province of Manitoba, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Storm- Sash Fasteners, of which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to improvements in storm sash fasteners and an object of the invention is to provide a fastener which can be readily attached to a storm sash and can be utilized for quickly attaching a sash to or releasing the same from a window frame.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple, cheap and durable fastener and one which when applied to the sash only requires to be turned in order to fasten the sash or release the same.

With the above more important objects in view the invention consists essentially in the arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter more particularly described and later pointed out in. the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is an exterior view of a window frame and a storm sash equipped with my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detailed horizontal sectional view at 2-'-2 Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view of the inner end of the fastener and a portion of the sash and frame.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the fastener.

The fastener comprises a screw threaded shank or bolt 1 fitted at one end with a comparatively thin disc like head 2 and having the other end formed with flattened sides as indicated at 3 and 4: andsupplied with a nut 5 and washer; 6. The end of the bolt is flattened to allow the same to be readily gripped with a suitable tool, such as a wrench or a pair of pliers.

When a storm sash 7 is to be equipped with my invention I prefer using, say four fasteners, the fasteners being attached to the sash adjoining the four corners thereof. In equipping a sash I bore similar holes 8 through the sides thereof in a location adjoining the corners of the sash, the holes bemg adapted to receive the bolts of the fasteners. I then counter sink, as indicated at 9, the inner face of the sash at the openings 8, the said counter sinks being adapted to receive the disc like heads 2 of the fastening. In actual practice the openings 8 are formed by a small driller auger and the counter sinks by a comparatively large drill or auger and in this connection it will be observed that the, outer side of each counter sink cuts throu 'h the side of the sash as indicated at 10 (see Fig. 3).

The edge of the disc like head is sharpened as indicated at 11 and in the rotation of the inserted shank in one direction the sharpened edge of the disc is adapted to project through the opening 10 past the side of the sash and in the rotation of the shank in the opposite direction to withdraw and take its place within the pocket. In this connection it is to be notedthat the disc has a flat side 12 which, upon the shank being turned one half a revolution from the position shown in Fig. 3, lies parallel to, but within the edge of the sash.

After the shanks or bolts have been put in place within the openings 8 the washers are first applied on the outwardly extending ends thereof and then the nuts are screwed up to hold the fasteners in place. The applied fasteners are adapted to secure the storm sash in place, the disc in the rotation of the bolts in a proper direction being adapted to enter between the blind stop 13 of the window frame and the outside casing 14 thereof. One of the fasteners is shown in working position in Fig. 2 and here it willbe observed that the sharpened edge of.

the discappears between the latter mentioned parts of the frame.

Obviously, where a number of the fasteners are used, as shown in Fig. 1, and all the discs are turned to the position as indicated in Fig. 2 it is impossible for the sash to be removed without first turning the shanks to release the discs.

I might also mention that it is desirable to shape the discs so that the sharpened edge will gradually work its way into the crack appearing between the blind stop and outside casing.

Obviously, by utilizing a tool, such as a pair of pliers or a wrench one can turn the shanks to caught or released position by simply gripping the flattened ends thereof with the tool and turning the shanks the required amount,

i and outer casingof a Window frame and a storm sash, of storm sash fasteners carried by the sash and presenting rotary operating bolts extending through the sides of the sash and provided at their inner ends with disc like heads countersunk in the inner face of the sash and adapted in the rotation; of the bolts to be projected beyond the edge of the sash and entered between the blind stop and the outer casing.

2. The combination with a storm sash of a storm sash fastener, comprising a shank passing outwardly rotatably through the side of the sash, a disc like head having a sharpened edge and counter sunk in the inher face of the sash and permanently attached to the inner end of the shank and being designed to project beyond the edge of the sash in the turning of the shank and means preventing inward Withdrawal of the shank.

Signed at, Griswold, Man, this 16th day of March, 1922.

PETER STEINER.

In the presence 01':

WINTER, T.-

LOZENLEY, 

